in Finland you're considered a bitch if you put a knife through an unsuspecting victim. we prefer an honorable drunk knife fight in Finland. this is an essential part of why samurai is considered better than ninja in Finland even though ninja is considerably more common in popular culture around the world.

>>86600670It's not portrayed like that in entertainment, ninjas have the appearance of being just very stealthy and can do stupid shit like climb on walls and have tons of weapons, unlike samurai which are only depicted with Katana and not a Tanto or any of the other many weapons they actually used.Samurai are favored in a romantic sense due to their honor code and behavior in more mature entertainment, but to kids ninjas just seem more fun and cool. Especially with the advent of children shows such as mutant ninja turtles, Lego ninjago, etc.

>>86602897the ninja were not fighting for their country. they were fighting against it. häyhä is more akin to samurai>>86602972it is basically the same. clint in that movie trilogy is a western rendition of rōnin. he is maybe not one of the good guys but he kills a lot of bad guys so it's all okay

Samurai and ninja are complete bullshit. Have you ever seen an actual samurai armor at a museum? They're fucking tiny and pathetic. Armor for literal hobbits. No "warriors" of the Far East are remotely comparable to the soldiers of Rome or the knights of Europe. Orientals are just shitty fighters, period.

>>86603478OK I'll give you that the fighting style of a sniper doesn't line up with the ethics of samurai. But Häyhä was no assassin either. He simply kept the base safe in a front line operation, killing soviets whenever they tried to break through

>>86605338a sniper takes his time waiting in his nest looking for possible targets then taking them out from a great distance. a horse archer charges to the battlefield taking turns between assault and retreat. big difference in strategy